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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes poster
Directed by
William Nigh
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is accused of a murder he did not commit and must clear his name. His wife tries to help him as the evidence against him keeps piling up.

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What happens

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes is a 1948 American film noir directed by William Nigh, starring Don Castle and Elyse Knox. It was based on a novella of the same name by Cornell Woolrich with a screenplay by fellow pulp writer Steve Fisher. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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